8.4.14
State
'Do Something'
Residents want action on dam repair
By Michael Stewart
The Meridian Star
MERIDIAN — While the city of Meridian continues to drain Long Creek
Reservoir, some city council members have expressed displeasure at not
being informed beforehand that the lake would be emptied.
http://www.meridianstar.com/local/x864259503/-Do-Something
Report: MS officials embezzled almost $2.9M last year
WLOX
Mississippi's state and local officials reportedly embezzled nearly $2.9
million in public funds this fiscal year. That's according to an annual
report by the state auditor's office released Friday.
http://www.wlox.com/story/26176769/report-ms-officials-embezzled-almost-29m-last-year
Wealthiest Mississippian made his $2.4 billion in energy
Sun Herald
BY MARY PEREZ
Movoto real estate website released the wealthiest Americans in each state
and in Mississippi, Leslie B. Lampton is No. 1.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/08/03/5728204/wealthiest-mississippian-made.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1
Oil Spill
BP asks US Supreme Court to hear settlement appeal
The Associated Press
August 03, 2014 at 4:45 PM
NEW ORLEANS -- BP PLC has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out part of
its settlement of claims for damage from its enormous oil spill in 2010 --
a section saying businesses don't have to prove that the spill directly
harmed them to be eligible for payment, only that they lost money afterward
and recovered in 2011.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/08/bp_asks_us_supreme_court_to_he.html#incart_river
BP files appeal of settlement to U.S. Supreme Court
WWL
Late Friday night, BP filed its formal petition to the U.S. Supreme Court
claiming that lower courts in New Orleans erroneously approved a
multi-billion-dollar settlement that is paying claimants that were not hurt
by the company's 2010 oil spill.
http://www.wwltv.com/news/BP-files-appeal-of-settlement-to-US-Supreme-Court-269701611.html
Scientists warn coral damage from BP oil spill worse than believed
originally
North Dallas Gazette
Damage to coral reefs from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf
of Mexico was even more far-reaching than originally believed.
http://northdallasgazette.com/2014/08/03/scientists-warn-coral-damage-from-bp-oil-spill-worse-than-believed-originally/
Oil spill monitors will stay on the job, state says
Pensacola News Journal
On any given week day, you might find two men who seem out of place
in the summer, strolling our beaches fully clothed toting dipping
nets and electronic notepads among the bathing-suit clad beachgoers.
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2014/08/02/oil-spill-monitors/13517005/
Louisiana to reopen fishing waters closed after Gulf oil spill
AP
State wildlife and fisheries regulators say they're reopening certain state
inshore and Gulf of Mexico waters to commercial and recreational fishing
that have been closed since the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
http://www.wwl.com/Louisiana-to-reopen-fishing-waters-closed-after-Gu/19584145
Kane: What Mississippi can learn from Louisiana
Clarion Ledger
Good planning efforts can ensure that the coming financial windfall
is not wasted.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/08/01/kane-mississippi-restore-act/13484759/
National
States sue over EPA coal rules
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
WASHINGTON — A dozen states led by West Virginia sued the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency to block a proposed rule that would limit
carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants.
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/2014/08/03/State-sue-over-EPA-coal-rules/stories/201408030172
The Ohio water ban is now in Day 3
BY JOHN SEEWER
Associated Press
TOLEDO, OHIO — A water ban entered its third day in northwest Ohio after
tests showed some toxins still contaminating Lake Erie, leaving residents
to continue scrambling for water for drinking, cooking and bathing.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/08/04/5728490/the-ohio-water-ban-is-now-in-day.html?sp=/99/184/767/312/
Man-made wetlands turn wastewater into tap water
BY EMILY SCHMALL AND RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI
The Associated Press
FAIRFIELD, TEXAS — As murky water snakes through a man-made wetland between
Dallas and Houston, its shallow ponds of lush vegetation slowly filter out
phosphorous and nitrates until, a week later, the water runs clear as a
creek into the area drinking supply.
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/08/03/5727307/man-made-wetlands-turn-wastewater.html?sp=/99/102/
Press Releases
EPA Hosts a Municipal Wet Weather Stormwater Conference with the
International Erosion Control Association
Contact: Dawn Harris Young, EPA, (404) 562-8421 (Direct), (404) 562-8400
(Main), harris-young.dawn@epa.gov
Laura Felux, International Erosion Control Association, 303-640-7554,
laura@ieca.org
ATLANTA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the International
Erosion Control Association (IECA) Region One and the IECA Southeast
Chapter are hosting a two-day conference in Charlotte, North Carolina on
August 18 and 19, 2014.
The primary focus of the event will be management of the MS4 function
within the EPA southeastern region. State sessions for Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and
Tennessee will be held on August 19.
For a full list of education sessions at this event, visit www.ieca.org/ms4
.
